Skipping Class

An Analysis of Absenteeism among First-Year College Students

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11064458
AutoresGary Wyatt (autor de correspondencia)
Año1992
Volumen20
Número3
Páginas201
Fecha de publicación1992-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaTeaching Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0092-055X • E-ISSN: 1939-862X
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/1319061
OpenAlexW2003895930
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas6

This study explored class absenteeism among first-year college students. I analyzed nine variables to assess possible effects on missing class. The results suggested that disliking a class was associated positively with absenteeism from that class. Further analysis confirmed the following: time spent studying was associated negatively with absenteeism from classes that students liked as well as from those they disliked;frequency of alcohol consumption was associated positively with absenteeism from disliked classes but had no effect on liked classes; being female was associated positively with absenteeism from classes liked as well as disliked; finally, the previous semester's grade point average was associated negatively with absenteeism from classes that students disliked but not from those they liked. The implications of these findings are discussed

Absenteeism · Class (philosophy · Higher education · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation · Higher Education Research Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Substance Use and School Attendance